name-calling
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name-calling¹
Where it comes from
From name + calling. Compare call names.
noun name-callings · name calling · namecalling
- The use of derogatory labels in verbal attacks on a person or other entity. So inflammatory were the words of some preachers during these trying years that a resolution to silence, by mayoral proclamation, a continuation of name-calling from the pulpit was presented to the city council by one would-be pacifier.
name-calling²
Where it comes from
From name-call + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of name-call
Translations
Every language
noun abusive or insulting language
| Español | insultar, insultos |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 悪口 waruguchi, 悪罵 akuba |
| 中文 | 罵人 /骂人 màrén |
| Português | xingamento |
| Deutsch | Beschimpfung |
| Русский | обзыва́ние obzyvánije, оха́ивание oxáivanije, поноше́ние ponošénije, брань branʹ, очерни́тельство očernítelʹstvo |
| العربية | تنابز بالألقاب |
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